Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-293) and index
Strength of the nation -- We have the regiment -- Pancho Villa rides to the rescue -- The color line will not be drawn in this regiment -- Man who stood for something -- The honor of the state -- I will startle the world -- Black is not a color of the rainbow -- Color, blood, and suffering have made us one -- The man has kicked us right to France -- Landed at Brest, right side up! -- This pick and shovel work -- Ragtime in France -- God damn, let's go! -- He can go some! -- I wish I had a brigade, yes, a division -- There was nothing between the German army and Paris except my regiment -- Lieutenant, you shot me! You shot a good man! -- Shell-shocked, gassed, sunk to the verge of delirium